2022 Metaverse Demo Derby. Last car running wins. Where do they have a demo derby in the metaverse? Second Life.

Metaverse Demo Derby.  

Last car running wins.  

Where do they have a demo derby in the metaverse?   

Second Life.      

A demolition derby in the metaverse?  You need not wait till the metaverse is built.  We've had it for years. 

• Watch on YouTube
• Friday Night at the Demo Derby Races
• SLAviationNetwork (YouTube)
• Web page
• Join us every Friday night at 5:00 PM SL for some smashin' and crashin'! 
• Demo Derby Cars
• Demolition Derby Association:  Find in search (Ctrl f)  You can join there.
• Demolition derby

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Similar activities

• Demolition Derby in a virtual world
• The battle of Puerto Diego
• Battle of the Ironclads
• Massacre at Wounded Knee, an example of project-based learning in virtual worlds
• Growing games in Second Life
• Hunting season in the virtual worlds
• Games in virtual worlds. Summary
• Tessin: race of the state yachts: replicas of a state yacht of the 18th century
• Sailing the Blake Sea: Barbarosa infohub
• Tessin: Themed place: roleplay adventure: sailing, combat, farming. Utrechtse Statenjacht

How could educators use action games?

• Give tokens for good performance on formative assessment.
• Allow tokens to be used for access to action games.

Easy access meetings in the metaverse

• Reddit/Second Life
• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true
• Music every Friday at 9 pm New York time:
• https://LiveMusic3D.com

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• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
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• Screenshots from ShareX
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2022 Metaverse performances Spirit Light Dance Company. An interview with the artistic director, Caryl Meredith

Metaverse performances  

Spirit Light Dance Company.  

An interview with the artistic director, Caryl Meredith  

Dance in the metaverse.  Worldwide audience. Physical limitations don't count. 

• Watch on YouTube
• "Performing in VR - PART ONE" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith
• Artistic Director Spirit Light Dance Company
• Curtain 0:06
• Self Introduction 0:21
• Theatre of Light 1:24
• Spirit Light Dance Company 2:26
• "Phoenix Rising Open" (selection) 3:02
• Self Background 4:09
• Teaching in VR 4:36
• "DevaShree" (performance selection) 5:40
• Performing in VR 6:42
• Learning VR Performance Tech 7:34
• "In the Air Tonight" (performance selection) 9:39
• Intermission 11:03

More

• "Performing in VR - PART TWO" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith
• "Performing in VR - PART THREE" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith - /stage set demos/
• "Performing in VR - PART FOUR" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith - /dancing with avatars/
• "Performing in VR - PART FIVE" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith - /finale/

2021 BZ: Where will the digital generation have meetings? Business meetings? B2B? Conventions? Conferences? Will they travel to meetings if they like to work at home?

Where will the digital generation have meetings?    

Business meetings? B2B? 

Conventions?  Conferences?   

Will they travel to meetings if they like to work at home?

As people get used to working online, many will see the advantages of online meetings.

Virtual conference

The COVID lockdowns created a lot of new digital citizens.

• Some of them want to work on the internet.
• Many of these may prefer online meetings.
• No infection worries, no cost, no travel time, no hanky-panky. 
• Online meetings will thus cater to a different population. 
• The traditional presentations of F2F meetings can be live-streamed.
• Thus they can reach a larger audience that would not come to the F2F meeting.
• But such F2F meetings can have parallel online meetings.
• With online networking, online breakout rooms and online vendor rooms.

The growing population of digital citizens

• 1,869,508 Online Work From Home Jobs
• Online work (search)
• EVERY COMPANY GOING REMOTE PERMANENTLY: APR 7, 2021 UPDATE
• Communication Technology and Inclusion Will Shape the Future of Remote Work
• Permanent Work From Home Is Coming
• Web conferencing
• Work-At-Home After Covid-19—Our Forecast
• 28 Need-To-Know Remote Work Statistics of 2021
• Stanford research provides a snapshot of a new working-from-home economy

Related

• Conferences, conventions, trade shows. Big meetings of any kind. You can do them online. No travel, no risk, no hanky-panky.
• OpenSim Community Conference: a real conference in a virtual world. No COVID worries, no cost, no travel time, no hanky-panky. Just people getting together to learn about OpenSimulator and its uses.
• Networking support at online events. Conferences, conventions, trade shows. A major function is networking. How can it work online?

2020 Hosting Large Events in Kitely. How to support networking.

Hosting Large Events in Kitely.  

How to support networking. 

Suggestions on how to support networking in virtual worlds.

80 bots in a Kitely world

Kitely is ready to host large virtual events

• Hosting Large Events in Kitely
• Offsite company meetings online (search)
• Trade show: could that be done online? A digital place could duplicate the look and feel of a trade show

Networking

• One of the main activities in large commercial or professional events is networking.
• Virtual events can offer better networking opportunities than physical events,  but not without planning.
• Online networking 
• For a large event in Kitely, there are two potential sources of networking support: The event database and Kitely groups.

Update 3/23/2021 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference:Thinkerer award

Update 4/16/2021  

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference:Thinkerer award

First tiny community comes to Kitely

A collection of news items and links relevant to this blog.  Often-wanted links are recurrent.  Others may be retained a few weeks.  New items may be added daily. 

Dancing at Kitely, 

where everybody knows your name

Click image to enlarge

Changes in this blog

Due to health problems, I will need to reduce the activity of this blog, at least temporarily.

News on the MUVEs

• Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference:Thinkerer award
• Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: Exhibits open March 18-20, 2021
• OpenSim area hits another record, active users down slightly
• First tiny community comes to Kitely
• VWBPE 2021 Program Now Available!
• OpenSim hits record high in land area, active users
• Sundance goes all-in on virtual this year
• DivaCanto: channel on YouTube
• OpenSim sees growth in land and users this month
• Study Finds VR Simulation Effective for Pediatric Emergency Readiness
• The Dickens Project 2020 Edition
• COVID Feel Good: A Free Self-Help Virtual Reality App to Treat the Psychological Stress Caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Launch of Website on Federally Funded Language Programs
• Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Currency Transactions
• Application of FinCEN’s Regulations to Certain Business Models Involving Convertible Virtual Currencies
• Virtual Worlds Teaching Manual

• STÖMOL is a feature-length sci-fi machinima filmed in Second Life®.
• Metamodernism and Changing Literacy: Emerging Research and Opportunities
• Storylink radio from Seanchai Libraries
• SceneGate Wiki 
• I post news items relevant to this blog on this weekly update page.  
• I mark items relevant to education in virtual worlds with #VWEDU
• I repost on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and MeWe.

Contents 

• Search on the page:  Ctrl+f (type in the search bar, top of the page)
• My timeline on Twitter 
• Events in the virtual worlds
• Newcomer notes
• Hypergrid places, news, and tips
• Business
• Support the supporters
• Living online
• Modern education #VWEDU
• Libraries for education
• Writers on the MUVEs 
• Promotion (general)
• Radio and video in the virtual worlds
• Web-worlds
• Visit me on the web
• License 

Update 3/18/2021 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: Exhibits open March 18-20, 2021 OpenSim area hits another record, active users down slightly

Update 3/18/2021  

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: Exhibits open March 18-20, 2021

OpenSim area hits another record, active users down slightly

First tiny community comes to Kitely

A collection of news items and links relevant to this blog.  Often-wanted links are recurrent.  Others may be retained a few weeks.  New items may be added daily. 

Dancing at Kitely, 

where everybody knows your name

Click image to enlarge

Changes in this blog

Due to health problems, I will need to reduce the activity of this blog, at least temporarily.

News on the MUVEs

• Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: Exhibits open March 18-20, 2021
• OpenSim area hits another record, active users down slightly
• First tiny community comes to Kitely
• VWBPE 2021 Program Now Available!
• OpenSim hits record high in land area, active users
• Sundance goes all-in on virtual this year
• DivaCanto: channel on YouTube
• OpenSim sees growth in land and users this month
• Study Finds VR Simulation Effective for Pediatric Emergency Readiness
• The Dickens Project 2020 Edition
• COVID Feel Good: A Free Self-Help Virtual Reality App to Treat the Psychological Stress Caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Launch of Website on Federally Funded Language Programs
• Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Currency Transactions
• Application of FinCEN’s Regulations to Certain Business Models Involving Convertible Virtual Currencies
• Virtual Worlds Teaching Manual

• STÖMOL is a feature-length sci-fi machinima filmed in Second Life®.
• Metamodernism and Changing Literacy: Emerging Research and Opportunities
• Storylink radio from Seanchai Libraries
• SceneGate Wiki 
• I post news items relevant to this blog on this weekly update page.  
• I mark items relevant to education in virtual worlds with #VWEDU
• I repost on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and MeWe.

Contents 

• Search on the page:  Ctrl+f (type in the search bar, top of the page)
• My timeline on Twitter 
• Events in the virtual worlds
• Newcomer notes
• Hypergrid places, news, and tips
• Business
• Support the supporters
• Living online
• Modern education #VWEDU
• Libraries for education
• Writers on the MUVEs 
• Promotion (general)
• Radio and video in the virtual worlds
• Web-worlds
• Visit me on the web
• License 

Update 3/5/2021 VWBPE 2021 Program Now Available

Update 3/5/2021  VWBPE 2021 Program Now Available

A collection of news items and links relevant to this blog.  Often-wanted links are recurrent.  Others may be retained a few weeks.  New items may be added daily. 

Dancing at Kitely, 

where everybody knows your name

Click image to enlarge

Changes in this blog

Due to health problems, I will need to reduce the activity of this blog, at least temporarily.

News on the MUVEs 

• VWBPE 2021 Program Now Available!
• OpenSim hits record high in land area, active users
• Sundance goes all-in on virtual this year
• DivaCanto: channel on YouTube
• OpenSim sees growth in land and users this month
• Study Finds VR Simulation Effective for Pediatric Emergency Readiness
• The Dickens Project 2020 Edition
• VWBPE 2021: RECONNAISSANCE Call for Proposals
• COVID Feel Good: A Free Self-Help Virtual Reality App to Treat the Psychological Stress Caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Launch of Website on Federally Funded Language Programs
• Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Currency Transactions
• Application of FinCEN’s Regulations to Certain Business Models Involving Convertible Virtual Currencies
• Freda's Place: Events  for October 
• Virtual Worlds Teaching Manual

• STÖMOL is a feature-length sci-fi machinima filmed in Second Life®.
• Metamodernism and Changing Literacy: Emerging Research and Opportunities
• Storylink radio from Seanchai Libraries
• SceneGate Wiki 
• I post news items relevant to this blog on this weekly update page.  
• I mark items relevant to education in virtual worlds with #VWEDU
• I repost on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and MeWe.

Contents 

• Search on the page:  Ctrl+f (type in the search bar, top of the page)
• My timeline on Twitter 
• Events in the virtual worlds
• Newcomer notes
• Hypergrid places, news, and tips
• Business
• Support the supporters
• Living online
• Modern education #VWEDU
• Libraries for education
• Writers on the MUVEs 
• Promotion (general)
• Radio and video in the virtual worlds
• Web-worlds
• Visit me on the web
• License 

2020 #VWEDU: VWBPE2021, "Reconnaissance" March 18-20, 2021 Call for proposals: 7 tracks, 5 formats, 3 types.

VWBPE2021, "Reconnaissance"  

March 18-20, 2021 

Call for proposals: 7 tracks, 5 formats, 3 types. 

VWBPE exhibits space 2020

Not your father's conference hall

• VWBPE 2021: RECONNAISSANCE Call for Proposals
• Situation awareness

Submission closing dates for 3 types of proposals

• Presentations: 13 January 2021
• Exhibits: 10 February 2021
• Immersive Experiences: 10 February 2021

Proposals are especially invited from these communities

• Educators and Trainers
• vLanguage Members
• Artists, Designers and Builders
• Advocacy and NonProfit organizations
• Support and Help Communities
• Entertainers and Performers
• Coders, Scripters, and System/IT Analysts
• Businesses and Entrepreneurs

2020 WW: James Olmos sings his original, "Oxygen," in 3DWEBWORLDZ. Small, intimate group, more like a night club than a concert. Dancing avatars

James Olmos sings his original, "Oxygen," in 3DWEBWORLDZ. 

Small, intimate group, more like a night club than a concert. Dancing avatars

A sample of a performance in a virtual world in a browser.  A regular Friday get-together.  A new way for independent musicians to promote their art.

• Watch on YouTube

• James Olmos Music (Facebook)
• James Olmos Music (Twitter)
• James Olmos (Home)

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• 3DWEBWORLDZ
• 3DWebWorldz News & Support
• FAQ
• 3dWebWorldz (YouTube)
• 3DWebWorldz (Facebook)
• 3DWebWorldz (Twitter)
• 3DWebWorldz (Patreon) 
• A 3d place in your browser. As easy as going to a web page because it is a web page. Live music, writers, videos, meetings, comedy.

• Update 9/24/2020 OpenSim land area up. Virtual Worlds Teaching Manual.

2020 OpenSim Fest: Merchants: Art gallery, space craft, sailing equipment, fashion

OpenSim Fest: Merchants:
Art gallery, space craft, 

sailing equipment, fashion

A look at some of the merchant exhibits at OpenSim Fest.

Lunaria Gallery

• Landing Region: HG: opensimfest.org:80
• The merchant and exhibitor regions will stay open until Wednesday, Sept. 30.
• Merchants: https://web.opensimfest.org/merchants

• Update 9/3/2020 Cambium Learning Group adds Rosetta Stone to its portfolio of digital-centric learning brands Virtuality, Virtual Reload grids closing OpenSIm Fest exhibits and merchant areas stay open thru Sept

2020 Opensim Fest 2020 opens

Opensim Fest 2020 opens

OpenSim fest schedule and venues

• Watch on YouTube
• Landing Region: HG: opensimfest.org:80

Opensim Fest 2020 coming August 28-30

• Schedule: https://web.opensimfest.org/schedule
• Merchants: https://web.opensimfest.org/merchants
• Exhibits: https://web.opensimfest.org/exhibits

• Update 8/27/2020 Opensim Fest 2020 coming August 28-30

2020 #VWEDU: VWBPE Interview with Alice Krueger: Virtual Ability, Inc. in virtual worlds. Differently abled, not disabled

VWBPE Interview with Alice Krueger:  

Virtual Ability, Inc.  in virtual worlds.

Differently abled, not disabled 

An interview with the leader of Virtual Ability, Inc. about the work she has been doing in virtual (digital) worlds. The interview was recorded in a presentation to the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference 2020 

• Watch on YouTube

VWBPE instituted the Thinkerer Award in 2014 in recognition of exemplary service across the metaverse. Join us as Mal Burns catches up with our 2nd Thinkerer Award recipient Alice Krueger / Gentle Heron (2015).

• Virtual Ability Inc. (search)
• Login 2 Life Teaser
• Disabled?  Differently abled
• Is lack of internet skills a disability?

Topics

• Universal design
• Accessibility features
• Virtual worlds are adaptable
• Appearance in virtual worlds
• Research into management of disabilities
• Diabetic education  (Medical support)

• Update 8/27/2020 Opensim Fest 2020 coming August 28-30

2020 #VWEDU: Virtual World TV: Programming from the digital world. Audience participation at a cost so low it could be disruptive.

Virtual World TV 
Programming from the digital world. 
Audience participation at a cost so low it could be disruptive.

 Virtually reality Game Show played in real time with avatars from around the world.

• Watch on YouTube

• No travel. no studio.  Just computers.
• The 1st Question > Virtual World Television < Proof of Concept
• PookyMedia

Pooky

• Talk with her about the Future of Game Show TV 
• Or about  Multi - Person User Television 
• info@pookymedia.com
• Over a decade of experience in this field.

• Update 7/30/2020 . STÖMOL is a feature-length sci-fi video done in Second Life®. July. Opensim Fest 2020 coming in August

2020 PEOPLE: Manage discord notifications to get noticies of events you may want to know about and to avoid notices you don't want to see.

Manage discord notifications to get notices 
of events you may want to know about  and 
to avoid notices you don't want to see.

Discord can supply some of the community services the virtual worlders are accustomed to using in virtual worlds, while remaining independent of any particular grid.  Thus it can contribute to the shift from grid-oriented organization to community organization.   Here is how to set the Discord notification system to suit you.

• Watch on YouTube
• Hypergridders: Let's think outworld groups to augment inworld groups: Discord, Disboard

• Update 3/26/2020 VWBPE 13th Annual Conference, March 26-28 2020. VWBPE conference is immune to COVID-19 VWBPE Immersive events started March 15

2020 #VWEDU: VWBPE 2020: Exhibits (1) A conference the easy way 30 seconds to anywhere in virtual worlds

VWBPE 2020: Exhibits (1): A conference the easy way
30 seconds to anywhere in virtual worlds

Picture reports on some of the exhibits by sponsors and exhibitors at VWBPE2020. 

• VWBPE: Stellar
• March 26-28, 2020
• * Play * Explore * Engage * Immerse * Learn *
• VWBPE conference schedule
• No COVID-19 exposure
• In the HUD, be sure to look for the Sponsors exhibits.

• update 3/19/2020 VWBPE 13th Annual Conference, March 26-28 2020. VWBPE conference is immune to COVID-19 VWBPE Immersive events started March 15

2020 WW: COMEDY: Comedy show on the web. Not just to watch. You can talk, perform, make videos

Comedy show on the web.  
Not just  to watch.  
You can talk, perform, make videos

Developing comedy plans at Selby's place in 3DWebWorldz.  Here is the place to try out your comedy act before a small friendly audience.

The stage at Selby's place 

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I can perform?

• Yes--and:
• You can get a video of your performance
• You can get it on YouTube
• You can get your friends to watch your video.
• Maybe you can get other people to watch your video. 
• You can use the video to look for ways you can do it better.
• You can use it as an audition tape to look for a gig at the local comedy club.

Has anybody done all that?

• Sure.  In a virtual world.  My friends and I have been doing it for years.
• Here are performances in the last few years:  Our Comedy Channel
• Who?  Anyone who wants to do comedy.
• When? Any time you can get your friends together on the web.
• Where? In a virtual world on the internet.
• As near and easy to reach as your computer.  
• Your neighbors down the street may not want comedy.
• But on the internet, your neighbors are all over the world.  
• And with virtual worlds on the browser, they can just drop in anytime.
• Want to see it?  Click here: 3DWebWorldz.
• How?  No shows scheduled there as yet.  We are looking for performers.
• You can come talk to me at my scheduled time -see after the break
• I might even be able to get video of your comedy act.
• If you can't make that time, leave a comment on this blog and we can find another time.
• Like a comedy show in your living room without the beer. 
• Links to previous videos of comedy shows after the break.

• update 2/6/2020 IMA SceneGate Viewer 1.0.0 for Linux and Windows Tangle Grid SciFi Expo Feb 5-Mar.5

2019 EVENT: PROMO: Promoting and finding events on the Hypergrid: Hypevents is the most comprehensive resource

Promoting and finding events on the Hypergrid: 
Hypevents is the most comprehensive resource

Recommendations for using Hypevents to promote and find events on the Hypergrid.

Dance event at Caribou 

Go there

• Hypergrid address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Caribou
• Put the HG address in the Find bar of the world map, click Find, TP
• In Kitely use Firestorm hop
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Caribou/111/267/39
• Paste the hop in the Firestorm address bar, Enter.
• Caribou website

• Hypevents 
• Get your event posted.
• Search the event list.
• Promoters: post any where you can, but don't skip Hypevents

• Update 8/29/2019 VWMOOC19 Starts Sept 1st. Firestorm now supports stereo

2019 PEOPLE: 3rd Rock Grid Fund Raising for Doctors Without Borders

3rd Rock Grid Fund Raising 
for Doctors Without Borders
Mar 23, 24 2019

Report on the 3RG No Boders festival

 The Fabulous Wailers at 

the 3RG No Borders Festival

• 3rd Rock Grid:  Fund-raiser for Doctors Without Borders

• MUVE update 4/11/2019 VWBPE Immersive sessions continue. Funding sources for education

2019 EVENTS: BIZ: WW: Live performances on a web venue: chat with the fan group, chat with the performer

Live performances on a web venue: 
chat with the fan group, 
chat with the performer

You can come to live performances in your browser.  Here is how.

The venue announces upcoming events

Click image to enlarge

A venue on the web

• 3DWebWorldz
• A performer can stream video on the web.
• A web-venue can host multiple performers.
• A web-venue can host fan clubs.
• A web-venue can host informal gatherings.
• A web-venue can aggregate performers.
• Aggregate performers and you aggregate audience.
• If you have a good audience, you can sell ads.
• You can even sell commercial time. 
• You could certainly sell music tracks.
• Or give them away as promotion.  
• Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary

• MUVE update 3/28/2019 VWBPE 2019 April 4-6 (Immersive experiences already started)